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July 4th, 2020 11:47 AM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL Reintroduces Rs 499 Bharat Fiber FTTH Plan

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reintroduced its Rs 499 Bharat Fiber plan in select circles across India. The Rs 499 plan dubbed as “100GB CUL” or “Fibro 100” was introduced across India except Andaman and Nicobar Islands in early 2020. Initially, BSNL highlighted that the Fibro 100 had an validity till March 31, however, the operator later extended the plan to June 29. While BSNL dropped the Fibro 100... Read More

July 3rd, 2020 6:02 PM 1 COMMENTS

Samsung Unveils Galaxy Assured, Galaxy Forever Schemes in India

Samsung India on Friday announced the launch of Galaxy Assured and Galaxy Forever schemes in India. The company said that the schemes are intended to increase the "affordability options" to users seeking to purchase Samsung’s flagship range of smartphones in India. Samsung said that the Galaxy Assured and Galaxy Forever schemes are available across Samsung Exclusive stores and at other retail outlets across India. The company has been expanding its... Read More

July 3rd, 2020 4:39 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL Withdraws Rs 149 Postpaid Plan, Users to Receive Rs 25 as Credits for Migration

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Friday withdrew its Rs 149 postpaid plan that offered 100 minutes of free calls to users. The development was highlighted by the BSNL Rajasthan circle on social media platforms. The “Plan 149” is among the 10 BSNL postpaid plans offered in several BSNL circles across India. BSNL enabled users to subscribe to Plan 149 on a monthly and on annual basis with users also... Read More

July 3rd, 2020 2:33 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio Platforms Officially Launches JioMeet, App Shares Data with Third Party Individuals

Jio Platforms, the holding company of Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio on Thursday officially launched its JioMeet video conferencing app after months of testing. The app offers users to perform one on one video calls and also enables users to host meetings with up to 100 participants. The JioMeet app is currently available for download on iOS and Google Play while a desktop app is available for Windows and the... Read More

July 3rd, 2020 12:05 PM 0 COMMENTS

ACT Fibernet Introduces 200 Mbps and 300 Mbps Broadband Plans in Delhi

ACT Fibernet has revamped its broadband plans in Delhi with the company introducing 200 Mbps and 300 Mbps plans. The Bengaluru based company previously offered a maximum 150 Mbps speed plans to its users in Delhi. The 200 Mbps and 300 Mbps plans are delivered through a speed upgrade on existing plans of ACT Fibernet. Crucially, ACT Fibernet has not hiked the prices of its plans in Delhi. It has... Read More

July 2nd, 2020 4:04 PM 4 COMMENTS

Lava Announces Design in India Challenge Seeking Entries for Next Indian Smartphone

Lava International, the Indian mobile handset brand on Thursday announced the launch of its “Design in India” challenge. The company said that the students and engineering professionals from select engineering departments can send entries for designing the next Indian smartphone. The development is on the heels of the intense confrontation between the Indian and Chinese troops in mid June that resulted in the death of 20 Indian soldiers. Several Indian... Read More

July 2nd, 2020 1:53 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL Cancels 4G Tender, Employees Say Private Lobby Succeeded

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Wednesday cancelled its 4G tender that the operator issued in March. The tender required the vendors to deal with the “planning, engineering, supply, installation, testing, commissioning & annual maintenance of 4G mobile network.” BSNL estimated that the winners of the tender would deal with 50,000 sites of BSNL across India and 7000 sites of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in Delhi and Mumbai circles. Following... Read More

July 2nd, 2020 12:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Introduces Dark Mode for Web, Animated Stickers and QR Codes

WhatsApp on Wednesday introduced multiple new features including animated stickers, QR Codes and dark mode for Web and desktop. The company said that the features will be rolled out “over the next few weeks” to over 2 billion users. Additionally, WhatsApp also announced that the Status will now be rolling out to KaiOS, the OS that powers the JioPhone. With the new update, the JioPhone users in India along with... Read More

July 2nd, 2020 10:17 AM 0 COMMENTS

Week 13: Mobile and Fixed Broadband Speeds Show Slight Increase in India

The mean download speeds on fixed broadband and mobile marginally increased during the week of June 22 as compared to the previous week, Ookla’s report reveals. The report released on Monday highlighted that India registered a mean download speed of 38.59 Mbps on fixed broadband in the week of June 22 to June 28. In the previous week of June 15 to June 21, Ookla’s data reveals that India recorded... Read More

July 1st, 2020 8:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Eros Now Lands on Dish TV and D2h Android STB

Eros Now, a over-the-top (OTT) platform focused on South Asian entertainment announced a partnership with Dish TV on Tuesday. The partnership enables Dish TV and d2h users to access Eros Now content through their Android Set-Top Box (STB). Eros Now is said to have over 12,000 titles including movies, original shows and Quickie, a short-format content. Dish TV, one of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators in India offers Android STB... Read More

July 1st, 2020 3:41 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Revamps Broadband Plans in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Introduces 100 Mbps Speeds

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Andaman and Nicobar circle announced the revamp of the broadband and fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) plans on Wednesday. The revamped plans are offered at identical price points as with the previous plans but the operator now provides high speeds and high data allowance to users. With the revamped plans, BSNL has also eliminated the data overage charges on its FTTH plans. Crucially, BSNL has introduced the 50... Read More

July 1st, 2020 12:58 PM 18 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Reports Decline in Subscriber Base, Data Volumes Up by 7.9%

Vodafone Idea on Tuesday announced its fourth quarter results ended March 2020 with the operator reporting a revenue growth of 6% on a quarterly basis. The company said that the revenue growth was largely driven by the tariff hike implemented by the telecom operators in December 2019. Vodafone Idea said that the average revenue per user (ARPU) improved to Rs 121 in the fourth quarter ended March 2020 as compared... Read More

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